WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 1994
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CONFERENCE ON CURRICULUM CHANGES IN HK
A TWO-DAY CONFERENCE ENTITLED "CURRICULUM CHANGES IN HONG KONG AND THE NEEDS OF THE NEW ERA" WILL BE HELD IN THE CHINESE OF HONG KONG (CUHK) STARTING AT 9 AM ON FRIDAY (APRIL 29).
THE CONFERENCE, WITH A VIEW TO DISCUSSING VARIOUS CURRICULUM CHANGES IN HONG KONG, WILL BE HELD IN THE EDUCATION, ROOM B6, HO TIM BUILDING.
UNIVERSITY
ISSUES ON FACULTY OF
IT IS ORGANISED BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE AND THE DEPARTMENT OF CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION OF THE FACULTY OF EDUCATION OF THE UNIVERSITY.
ABOUT 300 LOCAL AND OVERSEAS SCHOLARS FROM BRITAIN, AUSTRALIA, CHINA, TAIWAN AND SINGAPORE WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE CONFERENCE.
ABOUT 40 RESEARCH PAPERS WITH REPORTS ON FINDINGS ON CURRICULUM, TEACHING AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL ASPECTS WILL BE PRESENTED BY LOCAL SCHOLARS. A NUMBER OF WORKSHOPS ARE ALSO ORGANISED TO INTRODUCE THE RESEARCH WORK.
ATTENTION NEWS EDITORS:
B6,
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MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES ARE INVITED TO COVER THE OPENING OF THE
ROOM CONFERENCE WHICH WILL START AT 9 AM ON FRIDAY (APRIL 29) IN HO TIM BUILDING, CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, SHA TERRITORIES.
JOHN DENVER PLANTS WAN CHAI'S 623RD TREE
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AMERICAN COUNTRY SINGER, MR JOHN DENVER, TODAY (WEDNESDAY) PLANTED A LARGE CHINESE BANYAN TREE IN WAN CHAI.
WAN
NOW PROVIDING SHADE AT THE JUNCTION OF JOHNSTON ROAD AND CHAI ROAD, IT WAS THE 623RD TREE PLANTED UNDER THE "GREEN WAN CHAI" PROJECT INITIATED BY THE WAN CHAI DISTRICT BOARD.
MR DENVER WAS JOINED BY WAN CHAI DISTRICT OFFICER, MR PETER MANN; WAN CHAI DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MRS PEGGY LAM; CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD'S ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE, MR STEPHEN WONG AND THE GENERAL MANAGER OF UNITED AIRLINES, MR DAVID SOLLOWAY.
A GROUP OF SCHOOL CHILDREN FROM THE WAN CHAI SCHOOL PART IN THE TREE-PLANTING CEREMONY.
TOUR, MR
ALSO TOOK
DENVER IS
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COMING TO HONG KONG AS PART OF HIS ASIAN KNOWN TO BE PASSIONATE ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, IN PARTICULAR TREE PLANTING.
HE WILL BE MEETING A NUMBER OF ENVIRONMENTAL HIS VISIT WHICH IS SPONSORED BY UNITED AIRLINES.
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